I mean, lots of Elvis's music is terrible for today's standards (mainly because of his voice), but he essentially created rock and roll and was one of the first musicians to do anything provocative on live television. His impact >
No it didn't. Elvis took two genres and combined them to create what was basically a prototype for future rock. He used blues which was a primarily black genre and combined it with bluegrass (a predominantly white genre) and the result was basically a completely new genre. And Elvis, his suits, his hair is the most iconic imagery in the music industry.
Elvis didn't do ****
He did steal from black artists, everything from his attire to his performance style and vocal style was a copy.
Elvis didn't do ****
He did steal from black artists, everything from his attire to his performance style and vocal style was a copy.
If you deny the influence of country, Bluegrass and other western genres and styles in his music it just means that you've done nothing but read through a few tumblr posts His impact on the music industry > MJs
His impact on the music industry > MJs
And he wasn't a main producer.